Detail Of An Antique Italian Holy Card Of Blessed Limbania Date And Artist Unknown

Beata Limbania

Beato

Post-Congregation

Día de Fiesta

16 June; 16 August (church of Saint Thomas in Genoa, Italy); 18 August (Diocese of Genoa, Italy); 6 September (Augustinians); 15 August on some calendars

Nacimiento

Late 12th century Cyprus

Fallecimiento

Early 13th century Genoa, Italy of natural causes; she was reported to have been found kneeling, her arms out-stretched, and a heavenly glow filling her little cell; the old church of San Tommaso was destroyed in the 19th century; Limbania’s relics were combined with those of other saints in a single urn, and enshrined in the church‘s newly built sanctuary in Voltri, Italy; relics re-enshrined in the church of Santa Limbania in 1985

Beatificado

Head enshrined at the church of San Tommaso in Genoa, Italy c.1294, indicating that popular devotion was already established; a canonical investigation into miracles attributed to her was begun in 1344; an altar was consecrated in her name in 1432; Augustinian nuns took over the church of San Tommaso in 1509, and mistakenly thought that Limbania was an Augustinian; a church bell was cast with her effigy in 1562; a book about her first appear in 1600; 6 March 1609 by Pope Paul V (cultus confirmation)

Biografía

Beata Limbania nació a finales del siglo XII en una familia rica y noble de Chipre. A pesar de los esfuerzos de su familia por organizar un matrimonio conveniente para ella, Limbania sintió desde joven una fuerte llamada a la vida religiosa. A los doce años, realizó una audaz huida de su familia y embarcó en un barco con destino a Génova, Italia.

Causa de Canonización

Beatified

Beatificado1609-03-06 por Head enshrined at the church of San Tommaso in Genoa, Italy c.1294, indicating that popular devotion was already established; a canonical investigation into miracles attributed to her was begun in 1344; an altar was consecrated in her name in 1432; Augustinian nuns took over the church of San Tommaso in 1509, and mistakenly thought that Limbania was an Augustinian; a church bell was cast with her effigy in 1562; a book about her first appear in 1600; 6 March 1609 by Pope Paul V (cultus confirmation)